And there are many different approaches to how to make one, all to suit different user preferences.

And, amazingly, it might just have pulled it off.

And speaking of the box, it is made from aluminum, with nice wooden end pieces.

The Korg Drumlogue with a laptop sitting behind it.

Korg

That’s handy for routing individual sounds through effects boxes.

The other connection worth mentioning is a USB MIDI host port.

This lets you plug in external keyboards and other controllers directly without using an in-between adapter box.

Someone using a Korg Drumlogue with a nanoPad2.

Korg

Essentially, it lets anyone write plugins for Korg’s-loguehardware boxes.

In the case of the Drumlogue, these are known as ‘synthesizer units.’

For example, the Drumlogue ships with a virtual analog synth from logueSDK plugin developer Sinevibes.

The connections on the Korg Drumlogue

Korg

It’s called Nano, and it shows what the machine is capable of in good hands.

And yet not everybody is happy about focusing on the breadth of features over depth.

It comes across as competent but perhaps better suited for beginners.

It all comes down to preference.

But what if you’re looking for your first drum machine and don’t yet know what you want?

This could be the perfect way to find out.